What Plants Need

What Plants Need

by ReadWorks

Fernando and Zoey go to a plant sale. They buy mint plants. They
like the minty smell of the leaves. Fernando puts his plant near a
sunny window. Zoey puts her plant in her bedroom. Fernando's
plant looks green and healthy after a few days. But Zoey's plant
has some brown leaves.

"Your plant needs more light," Fernando says.

Zoey moves her plant to a sunny window. Soon, both plants look
green and healthy!

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 ReadWorks Vocabulary

Vocabulary

healthy
adjective
definition: When someone looks healthy, it means that they look like they are well and are not sick.
Spanish: buen, bueno, sano, saludable
forms: healthier, healthiest

leaves
noun
definition: one of the usually green, flat parts of a plant or tree that grows from the stem or branch.
Many leaves fell from the tree during the wind storm.

Spanish: hoja
forms: leaves

plant
noun
definition: A plant is a living thing that has leaves and roots that usually grow in the ground. Plants
use light from the sun to make their own food. Grass, trees, vegetables, and flowers are
plants.

Spanish: planta

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 What Plants Need - Comprehension Questions

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. What do Fernando and Zoey buy at the beginning of the

passage?
A. Mint plants
B. iPods
C. books about plants

2. At the beginning of the story, Fernando and Zoey buy

mint plants. Then where does Fernando put his plant?
A. near a sunny window
B. in his bedroom
C. outside

3. Zoey's plant needed more light. How do we know this?

A. Zoey put her plant in her bedroom.
B. Zoey goes to a plant sale.
C. Zoey's plant had some brown leaves.

4. What is the big lesson in "What Plants Need"?

A. Plants need water to live.
B. Plants need light from the sun to live.
C. Don't ever put a plant in your bedroom.
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 What Plants Need - Comprehension Questions

5. Where do Fernando and Zoey put their plants right after

the plant sale?

6. What did you learn from "What Plants Need"?

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 What Plants Need - Comprehension Questions

7. Class Discussion Question: In the story, Zoey first

puts her plant in her bedroom. Explain why this location
was not a good choice.

8. Draw a picture of Fernando and Zoey's plants in their

homes. Try to show how healthy each plant was after a
few days.

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